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Tardus AUcice Baird. — Gray-cheeked Thrush. Not 

 recorded as havhig been actually taken in New England, 

 but from its now known range of habitat is undoubtedly 

 to be found there as a spring and autumn migrant, possi- 

 bly breeding in more northern sections. 



A species first introduced by Prof. Baird in 1858, based 

 upon specimens from Illinois. 1 have since shown that it 

 is a very common Eastern bird, having a range of habitat 

 as extensive as, and nearly identical with, that of T. 

 Sicainsonii. 



Mr. J. A. Allen has attempted to show that this spe- 

 cies is not distinct from T. Swalnsonii. His remarks 

 (pp. 56-7-8) illustrate very fully the well-known sea- 

 sonal and other variations to which T. Swainmnil and T. 

 fuscescens are subject ; and a citation from Prof. Baird is 

 introduced giving some of the characters of T. AUcice, 

 with which species Mr. Allen appears to have been autop- 

 tically unacquainted at the time of writing. * 



No. 111. Chicago, Illinois. R. Kenuicott; from the Chicago Acad- 

 emy of Science, 1864. 



Harporhynchus rufus Cab. — Brown Thrush. "Thrasher." 

 Abundant summer resident, breeding throughout New 

 Enoland ; but not ffoinff much farther north. 



No. 680, $ . Salem, Essex Co. Samuel Carlen, summer, 1867. 

 No. 681, ?. '^ " " 



Mimus Carolinensis Gray. — Cat-bird. Common sum- 

 mer resident. Maine appears to be nearly its northern 

 limit in Eastern North America. 



No. 566, J . Essex Co. T. M. Pond, 1864. 

 No. 562, ?. " " " •' 



Mimas polyglottus Boie. — ]Mocking-bird. Very rare 

 summer resident in more southern portions, being hardly 

 found north of Massachusetts. It is not abundant even 

 in the Middle States. 



No. 75. A cage bird, known to have lived thirteen years. C. W. 

 Palfry, 1865. 



* Examine in this connection: Baird, B. N. A., 1858, p. 217.-1(1., 

 Bev. Amer. Bds., 1864, p. 21.— Cones, Pr. A. N. S., Phila., 1861, p. 

 217. — Coues and Prentiss, Smiths. Rep. for 1861, p. 405. 



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